Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-08
GILL Nye At THE PLAY.
He browns Election Rcmorse by VII
fling q 80 very Variety show.

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Ne browns Election Remorse by Wis
fling a Bowery Variety show.
II Is to be regretted that during tht
past week so little attention has beer
pa d by the bright and able amusement
and theatrical writer's OF the New YorL
press In the bill nightly presented b,
the London Theatre Of this place.
Certainly for those who enjoy an even.
my Of uninterrupted enjoyment at a
triiling expense there Is nothing ut
present TO compete with the London.
Three hours Of solid fun that an body
can understand, together with thirty
or forty songs and play. are very
rarely offered in this C ty for rs cents,
and it certainly seems 10 me to usher
in an era Of prosperity aud good feel
ing among the plain people who enjoy
n spectacular. mus Cal aud dramatic
season ut cut rates.
had feared that the Londo, Theatre
would partake so much of Engl sh
customs and English method. that per-
haps it m ght at first be startling to
ono who so Thoroughly an Amer can
every day in the week as 1 am. but l
WINS told that most every one connected
with the theatre was born in this coun.
try.
found myself readily adapting my
self to the English customs OF the Lon
don Theatre. however, as tho enter
tainment went on. aud though the
habit of marking time on the part of
the audience with the feet seems cd
at first. one soon gets accustomed to IL
so that one keeps ones feet going to
ones infinite delight throughout.
l. did not take q lady with mo to the
London. think ng that would 60 first
and see how liked it myself found
that the rest of the aud ence consist ell
of gentlemen who evidently thought
the same way.
1t was II good opportunity to study
the English audience. though of course
there were many Americ IN visitors
there like myself. several Of whom took
of their hats towards the close Of the
entertainment.
The scene opens with n can-opener
and an overture. during which rap d
ti'lding is done by three men. whn gain
perceptiblr on each Other in half-mile
dash. followed by the cIar Onot later
! aud the hoarse accents Of tn, xvlOphone.
1t is medley. and admirable time
was kept 10y the audience, led by two
sailors who set near me. dressed up in
their other clothes aud chew of tobac-
co apiece, which made that side of
their faces sag considerably, AM give
them II sinister expression of counte-
nance and a tinge of ill-concealed navy
tobacco. When the vast aud ence WAS
perfectly still. as it frequently was
after Il humorous burst from the Stage.
| flncied that could hear the salivary
glands Of these two old ttrs toilng on
hopelessly through the slowly moving
hours.
The curtain then rises and discloses
brilliant picture of Par sian life. /
judge that the climate OF Paris is such
that people can dress them selves on a
great deal less money than they can
here. But l believe that what they
save there in clothes must 20 for doe
tors bills and mutton tallow with which
to rub their chests ut u ght. for. as
Ia, I I Ia.
To balls and parties with moth ng but
light pair OF velvet shoulder straps over
my lungs. The Par sian people SO ,m
to pride themselye on their lung power.
but must say that llink t fool-harIy
to go about on these crisp autumn
even ngs with little to protect the chest
but live-cent bunch of pansies.
MATTER the Pars life ep sode. which is
really more psctacular than anything
else. the Acme Quartet Club. consist
ing OF four handsome Dung men in
lull dress and policc gloves, MARBLES
few strains, during which it attains the
higher notes with some difficulty and
swollen iugular veins. The Acme
Quartet pleased me very much. espe-
ally when it refused to sing anv more.
think the Acme IS certainly superior
to the Climax Quartet, the Trophy. the
Little Mammoth or the Early Dwarf
Quartet.
A tabeau was now produced with
Eden Musne effects AMI, with calcium
light thrown on it. pleased me much
PETER than the Raway murder.
After this Mcssrs. Manchester and
Jenn ngs Introduced some more songs.
dances and commedy dishes. Just as
the dust would get fairly settled on the
stage some one would burst forth into
hoarse and croupy jg. Then there
would be song IN which one party is
represented as str0lIing down broad
way. When he gets about us far rs
Fourteenth street he produces tin
cornucopa holding about Il pint of
sand. jerks it u few times over the
stage and. throwing his head back so
that the gallery eau get good view of
his vocal cords, he favors the people
along lower Broadway with q tremu-
lous double clog. He then stops and
sings another verse of ths song. which
brings h m down about Park place.
After he has done this, he dances some
more and starts out l.. U. E.. evidently
for the COrtlandt Street Ferry. but
soon reappears with different suit Of
clothes and carols again with the same
lIght-hearted manner that man wears
when he goes over to the depot to
meet his ploligal son who is just re-
turning pennilcss. but penitent, from
the pest-houSe.
Ten inmates are next devoted to
selections from French opera by
Delaur aud DebImont. who also change
their clothes several times. after VIII CHI
nine lovely women are d scovered
standing on the stage dressed in men S
clothes Nine lovely women look
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